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Guests at the 2025 Heritage Circle Lunch.

Highlights from Sheffield’s 15th Heritage Circle: Celebrating innovation and generosity

It was an honour to host the 15th Heritage Circle Lunch on Friday 7 November - a celebratory occasion to show our gratitude and appreciation for those who've generously pledged to leave a gift to the University in their Will.
Winner: RE:NEW

Building material reuse platform wins first Emerge alumni business prize

The top award in Sheffield's Emerge: Be enterprising Alumni Business Showdown goes to Re:New, a platform designed to drive increased reuse of construction materials throughout the built environment.
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Legacy gift to fund new digital scholarship and learning suite at Western Bank Library

Eric Pattison's incredibly generous gift to the University will transform the range of digital Library resources and services available to Sheffield students and researchers.
A collage of images of the 2025 honorary graduates - Urooj Mumtaz Khan, Ian McMillan, Lucy Prebble, Wanda Bernard

Introducing Sheffield's brilliant Honorary Graduates for July 2025

During next week's graduation celebrations, the University will recognise another outstanding cohort of individuals who've had a major impact in their field and beyond, and shown lasting commitment to Sheffield's values.
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Sheffield alumni recognised in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours

Discover the outstanding contributions your fellow alumni made to the community, earning them this prestigious honour.
Maisy Wilkes, Sheffield alumni, smiling at the camera in front of computers.

Sheffield alumna awarded Chancellor’s Medal

Sheffield alumna, Maisy Wilkes, received the University of Sheffield's prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for her work in accelerating diagnosis and treatment access for patients with rare cancers.
Architect's rendering of proposed new SITraN sister facility

Landmark donations support world-leading MND research

The Wolfson Foundation has awarded the University of Sheffield a £1.5 million grant towards expansion of the globally renowned Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN)
Sheffield students and graduates in a deep conversation.

Struggling to kickstart your career? Sheffield volunteers to the rescue!

London City Connections (LCC) is an event that connects students with successful graduates, giving them a foot in the door. For nearly a decade, LCC has been enhancing the career prospects of Sheffield graduates.
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Sheffield triumphs at the Whatuni Awards and 2025 Complete University Guide

The University of Sheffield has been crowned University of the Year, Best Students' Union, and Best Student Life at the 2024 Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs), and ranked 18th in the UK in the 2025 Complete University Guide.